This research identified the core related tasks
necessary to graduates with majors in the field of
correctional counseling. The focus was toward job
performance needs in the field. Data were gathered
from a random sample of 151 respondents who
represented employed correctional counselors in the
state of Oregon.
The fifteen...
This study was designed to determine the common personal finance
competencies needed by graduating high school students in Oregon as
perceived by personal finance teachers from the subject matter areas
of business education, home economics, mathematics, and social studies
and the business community. Two other purposes were to (1) determine...
This research evaluated the statistically-related
computer application tasks which were deemed to be important
to the graduate curriculum of doctoral students who
major in Education. Data were gathered from samples of
foreign (N=22) and American (N=117) students who held
degrees in Education from Oregon State University.
The sixteen (16) item...
The purposes of this study were to determine which research tasks
were necessary to the job descriptions of public school
administrators, secondary and elementary teachers; what task clusters
could be identified for college and university curriculums; what
differences existed between sample groups.
The instrument was validated through the Delphi technique....
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The purpose of this study was to analyze, in the mathematics
classrooms, career-oriented verbal mathematics problems on the
achievement and attitude of the vocational mathematics student.
These career-oriented mathematics problems, used as advanced
organizers, were contrasted with mathematics word problems of a
more abstract and generalized...
The primary question to be answered as a result of the
research was: Do native English-speaking undergraduate
students learn CD-ROM database search skills more
effectively through the use of conventional instruction
method or by training confined to a written manual self-instructional
method? Thirty-seven Oregon State
University students were randomly assigned...
The conceptual foundation of the study emerged from a concern
regarding the application of managerial competencies in the local
church. A review of the literature suggests that in spite of the
increasing awareness for the need to make greater use of these skills,
little consensus currently exists regarding their relative...
This study determined the importance of specific research tasks to the present job requirements of State Department of Education professionals, college and university instructional faculty, and secondary school counselors in Oregon. The instrument utilized in the research was designed and validated through a Delphi process. The computed reliability coefficient was...
The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable, instrument for
determining the mathematics subject matter knowledge of Thai preservice elementary
teachers at eight (8) teachers' colleges in eight (8) provinces in northern Thailand.
The focus of the content of interest was the operation of division of...
The purposes of this study were to identify the common elementary
education competencies necessary for a Master's degree curriculum in
Thailand as perceived by elementary education instructors in
universities and colleges, by elementary school teachers, and by
principals, supervisors, and administrators in Thailand; to determine
the common clusters of selected...